Abstract: Flying Cloud (built 1939; freighter) correspondence, 1940 (SAFR 23830, HDC 1285) consists of 1 letter about the operation
of the vessel. The collection has been processed to the item unit level and is open for use without restrictions.

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The Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, a subsidiary of U.S. Steel was located in Kearny, New Jersey and played a key
role in supplying ships for World War I and World War II. The shipyard was active from 1917 to 1949. Source: http://destroyerhistory.org/destroyers/federal/
(last accessed 07/22/2013). Flying Cloud was owned by the U.S. Maritime Commission.

Collection Scope and Content

Flying Cloud (built 1939; freighter) correspondence, 1940 (SAFR 23830, HDC 1285) consists of 1 letter about the operation
of the vessel. The collection has been processed to the item unit level and is open for use without restrictions.

The letter, dated January 1, 1940, is a report from the guarantee engineer aboard S.S. Flying Cloud to W.W. Smith, chief engineer,
Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company about the mechanical operation of the vessel from Rio de Janeiro to Buenos Aires
and back to New York during November and December of 1939. 3pp.